β 1-and β 2-integrins: central players in regulating vascular permeability and leukocyte recruitment during acute inflammation

Z Ou, E Dolmatova, B Lassègue… - American Journal of …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
The integrin family, an indispensable part of cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, consists of
a group of heterodimeric adhesion receptors formed by α-and β-integrin subunits. Their wide …

TLR4 signaling and macrophage inflammatory responses are dampened by GIV/Girdin

L Swanson, GD Katkar, J Tam… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Sensing of pathogens by Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) induces an inflammatory response;
controlled responses confer immunity but uncontrolled responses cause harm. Here we …

Heterotrimeric G protein signaling without GPCRs: The Gα-binding-and-activating motif

M Garcia-Marcos - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2024 - ASBMB
Heterotrimeric G proteins (Gαβγ) are molecular switches that relay signals from 7-
transmembrane receptors located at the cell surface to the cytoplasm. The function of these …

Receptor tyrosine kinases activate heterotrimeric G proteins via phosphorylation within the interdomain cleft of Gαi

NA Kalogriopoulos, I Lopez-Sanchez… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The molecular mechanisms by which receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) and heterotrimeric G
proteins, two major signaling hubs in eukaryotes, independently relay signals across the …

Regulation of DNA damage response by trimeric G-proteins

AA Abd El-Hafeez, N Sun, A Chakraborty, J Ear, S Roy… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Upon sensing DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), eukaryotic cells either die or repair DSBs
via one of the two competing pathways, ie, non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) or …

Building unconventional G protein-coupled receptors, one block at a time

P Ghosh, M Mullick - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2021 - cell.com
The structure, function, and dynamics of canonical activation of heterotrimeric G proteins by
the seven-transmembrane G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have been illustrated in …

The relationship among Girdin DNA methylation, its high expression, and immune infiltration in hepatocellular carcinoma: Clues from in silico analysis

C Zhang, Y Ke, X Lei, X Liu, H Li, R Shi… - Bioscience …, 2021 - portlandpress.com
Objective: The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship among Girdin DNA
methylation, its high expression, and immune infiltration in human hepatocellular carcinoma …

A Multiomic Analysis Reveals How Breast Cancers Disseminated to the Bone Marrow Acquire Aggressive Phenotypes through Tumor-Stroma Tunnels

S Sinha, BW Callow, AP Farfel, S Roy, S Chen… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Abstract Estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer commonly disseminates to bone
marrow, where interactions with mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) shape disease …

Pan-cancer Analysis Predicts Kindlin-associated Global Mechanochemical Perturbation

D Chowdhury, A Mistry, R Bhatia, S Wadan… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Kindlins are mechanosensitive adapter proteins that connect extracellular mechanical cues
to intracellular chemical events. Any alterations in these proteins thus alter cellular signaling …

GIV/Girdin binds BRCA1 and links trimeric G-proteins to DNA damage response

AA Abd El-Hafeez, N Sun, A Chakraborty, J Ear, S Roy… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Upon sensing DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), eukaryotic cells either die or repair DSBs
via one of two competing pathways, ie, non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) or homologous …